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ity for great command, hc would have de
clinea the responsibility if possible. Bat tn"
peremptory order from Lincoln left him no
alternative.
He decided that the Union army >hoald
march on Richmond Ivy way oI l'rtd,rghs-
burg. Va. Richmond was to he The obi"c.
aimed at, and Acquia Greek was 10 he lis
base of supplies.
Once more the battle-ground is changed to
the cris crossed field of Virginia
fredericksburg l.. nearly loo mis s,outh Of
the field of Antietam. 1t is On tie right hank
of the Rappahanno,E river, a lity" inla"d
from the Potomac, and the railroad lead, d-
reclly south from it to Richmond, fifty miles
distant
Acqua Greek is IL town. on tia Potomac at
the mouth of the creek Of ,l!" sam" name.
\ railroad leads from it 10 Fredericksburg.
On the 18th Of November, lsti'!!, Burnside be
gan his grand march to fredericksburg, H.
had organized his army into thrc" 'giaild
divisions" right. center AMI l'.t, commanded,
respectively, hy Sumner, Hooker and Frank
lin. They left Warrenton, Va, as their
starting point. BY Nov. ~ the three grand
divisions were in the vicinity Of III, ,deNck-
ling, on the east side "f the Eap;all"la"ck.
Summers grand din >i'n reached Fal
mouth. directly opposite Fredericksburg,
Nov. II. He WAS not permitted by i;lIrH id
to cross, however, and that very day i.ec
sent Il large body of troops to 10 cnio"rn the
Confederate garrison there.
Burnside began ut onceto put i'll order tho
railroad from Acquia Creek TO Frclrricks
burg, to make sure of receiving lis s',ri'ilts $
Gen. II. j. Hunt was Bprnsitlc's Chi! of ~
tillery. He posted all the guns on tia" Fedora
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LonSstleet says
days to prepare
for the battle, and
they made good
Use of the time.
Marye's hill was
tho best point of
lookout, and to
the Conlcdcratcs
stationed thcrc
Was assigned the
task Of watching
the opposite shore,
and announcing to
Lees army when
the first crossing
Slloul,l he nttrp,nt,-
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was to assault und
carry the frown-
ing crest of Ma
rye's hill. To begin
tho fight ho sent
G e II. w. II.
Frcnch's S COM
nand, immediate
ly followed by that
of Hancock, 1.-TWO
divisions that had
never turned their
backs to tho ell
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17

mouth, orl'o-.' e
Frederic k ; burg,
Lee sent t"o,iivis-
ions, un!ur Nc
Laws and Ransom,
accompanied hy
cavalry a"ti artl-
iefy, TO occupy
Frederick sburg. $
Ransom took con-
-riruous par, in
the bloody lighting
that afterwards OF
CURED there. 1t
may be mentioned
in passing that this
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17

The London Telegraph finds lib out of $50
peers worthy to sit i'll Westminster. The
rest are black sheep and they who are hope
lessly eccentric or consenitally stupid. The
Telegraph suggests that the peers pick out
small minority and let them do the legislatins
for the crowd.-Chicago News.
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nlttcd WITHIN t,lv
belligercnt lines.
He returned and
repre>' .!'c! Rhode
Island i'll the Uni
ted States Senate.
hile serving i'll
this capacity i'll
lssl he died, rr-
spected and la
nented. At the
time the order
came placing him
at the head vi the
Army of the Po-
tomac, doubtful
c,;,l ,f la. ,.,,,ns-
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17

turned So,lthwaru,
circle'l around Nc
Clellan'S arm y
lying on the Po-
tomac, hurried
down the mouth of
the Monocacy, in
Maryland, an d
then r. crossed into
Virginia an Il
, joiile,l Lee. Thus
Il sot"m'l time this
bold raider rode
around McClel-
lnn'S whole army.
I'l ,l.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17

Nrn,Burnsi,ie from
crossing. " lille w.
Ii. i. Lee guarded
ll.e l'ori> beiow tie
town.
Hannrtoa was
born in seu;ht' AZ
olina i'll ISIS, ami
was graduated al
South Carolina
college. lie en-
tered political life
Il, the beginning of
his carevI'. and was
elected To vari us
s'atnohi rs. bur
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17
Cnu.llt In the Act

y certain professional man iu Orlando.
Fla, has >etcme which mig:t he adopted
by every one who pays his street. lax. When
a cplle"to! called On him the other day with
Il bill he was requested to stand still Il mo-
ment, and i'll the meantime an assistant of
the aforesaid p III. had succeeded in taking a
photograph OF the pal" in the act of paying
the bill and giving Il receipt. The scheme
works to perfection and lie is never troubled
4 second time.-chicaco News
Chicago employing printers will now
institute vigorous warfare against the
striking union printers.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17

WAS l! Lilc MpSlc;ln
war ana was cap
tured at i1ucna
Vista, but was ex-
changed. He won
the rank of captain
fighting Indians on
the frontier. AT tie
beginning of the
war of III lie was
in command of Fort
Smith, Ark. Here
every ono Of his
subordinate officers
abandoned him and
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17

side of the Rap
pahannork, and
sllpcrinten'lel their
transportation I on
from Acquin Creek.
He decided that it
was necessary tn
plant guns upon the
heights alp"v" the
left bank of the
Rnppal,annocls in
sufficient number
/ to cover the cn:ir.
length of the opl'o-
sinn forces on the
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17
THE TERRIBLE STONE WALL

In every great battle there is some point
ABOUT which the slaughter is thickcs; AT
Fredericksburg it was the stone wall upon
the outer edge of Telegraph road. Behind
this wall the road was practically II s,,nkrn
one. 1t was quito invisible to the advancing
Eaflorols
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17

front, but by the time it reached Franklin it
was too near dark for it to he obeyed, the
latter general considered. So the fighting of
the left grand division at Fredericksburg was
over.
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toon bridges were prepared by Burnside, and
he arranged TO cross the EagpaLannocs at
Skenkers Neck, twelve miles below. Leo
discovered this move iii time u frIstratc IL.
There seem to have been ways whereby,
Burnside's plans were constantly discovered
to Lee and that almost inmeGttely.
With large portion Of Lees army at
Skenker's Neck, Burnside lcSt tlpngi!t he
could force the passage of t. Rappalannocs;
and take Fredericksburg unGrr the guns Of
those who were left The Union artillery
was planted upon Stafford heights, above
Falmouth. 1t Commanded tie 'iole plain Of
Frederi ksburg
Lee was 50 We'll informed o! Al! that s.~nr
on in the Onion armv that within twenty
four hours after McCI@lan aai ..,.m .iler-
seded BY Burnside he was Informed Of 1t.
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17
A Girl,s View.

An English girl says that she has seen men
whom She might have consented to marry.
hut She has never met one whom she would
desire to propose to.-Kansas City Times.
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Then night closed.
Andrew y. HUM
nian, a graduate of
West Point, and n
famous fighting
man. He was
Meatlc's chief of
anf when that
general command
ccl the Potomac
army,
Thus French,
Hancock. Howard:
Sturgis, Griffin;
and Humphreys:
charged successive
ly upon Nlarye's
Heights, and sue
cessively their men
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His l!!ir.l son. !.u..
GEN. W. II.

TtNI'T a. NI!'N- 0'1''' w nc r' 7.r91..
matt"H. 4. took part i'll the h"avicst
II lin," q t"' irmv Of Northern Virginia
throu hna, arV'rnt 'rs distinguished
lNe'AoelVes, va u"i" OF ;!nm was killccl
'i'"vy survived t. he esti,!ablr, and in som,
suNr q d!s;in 'iisiis |. citi2eMs Of the
UMii.d S,"tos. "i!l.,' as it was customary
to call FNz iij@h Lee, is NOW the governor
of Nirs sil!.n.
Another vot .am among Loc's officers w;,s
Gen. Vi. B, I,jat,rro, He ali, was fr-
The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1887-12-17
EREDERlckSBllRG

The battle of Fredericksburg took place
Dee. Is. Ii was disastrous day to tho
Union arms. Burusidc's plan of attack was
for Summer and Franklin to storm tho for;i-
ii"d Confederate heights above tho town, all
along the line. and carry them by assault.
In th' midst of q dense fog, Dec 12, Sum-
nvr's grand division had crossc, at the upper
Nontoon on the right, Franklins below Oh the
lrlt. Tlnl !i's., Second, Sixth and Ninth corps
were t!,a Troops that had crossed They were
c"lmnan'!el respectively by Gems Reynolds,
Courl, W. II. Smith and Wilcox. They
formed their lines parallel to the river, cxccpt
Gen. M"ade's division of the First corps.
viii III wai at right angles toit. Gen. Double
days division was stationed as u reserve in
TIE rcar Of Meade ON the left.
Tie toGs of Doe 13 continued to the 18th.
Added 10 this, the weather, for Virginia. was
bitterly cold. Ii was tho fist experience Of
some of Lees soldiers with northern winter,
and tho night of the 12th somo Confederate
sentinel fra&e Mt their posts.
Frcierichshurg is another of the battles Of
the civil war about which there las been
much dispute. 1t is said on tho oMo hand
that Gurn,idcs order to Franklin as to tho
l"z,imiiis of the fight we Ambiguous in mcan-
i'm On the other, Gen. Fralkln has been
lalnci for not pushing tho fight soli,ily on
thn E,lmr,I lnet .t ,Irm;ltn,,. or,,ss;,,,,
tft... ..r,.s;r. ,hn I,,n.,l.,n,,a,.,. 1rn,I.,;',
..r IT, I,rrn.i az. n,,,,. Il, ronn Lie
vL,.,.,,,,,,.u,] M ,,n.i,;o,, r,r , ,,,,;d ,,,,,,a
u.l.. ,l.,,,n n,bn obi Richmond ramn Inrn
side .v.a: l,v mo- r,n,.: ,nil inro,n,nl af t,,,
s:,.a,;,.,i, ni ,,,. ror.n ,,..n, T., I,;,, Nc Tao
sar,,, tnlayr ln., .,,Int nurn.i.l,,. ,,,nr
rro,Lln,': nogus In.,.n thn t.,,+ OWL. T.;
ti,n ,ia.,i,,.e Ie,. +; ,i,h .:n, G.nr,,, ~
Molt!o ia. NE advance Thnr. yrr,. tvn linns
orcol,f,,lorot.. fortiir,.inus ,lonr tboh.;rhts
E'ranl,lir's attack ,y,s ON I'm tonf,dnr,to
riglt, AGAINST S,ou.wall Jackson. A rcarfu,
,,or:n Of sho, and she'll mo, the F.slrrnls A
=. JilI', advance co,,f,I,ro,.. limo was ,r;,o,,
barH, ,nvcvor. Lut (;ro~.- Early ,ua Stuort
closed in and rcpollol charge nftnr CHARGE
u NJ. Il,;,u ty NOR con, of M.,,Je,s co,nm.nd
fou. Eoyunl.ls came to hi, o vim rc.nn-
fore, MON, and R.vnol.,. las, nnn D,,+
they GraIlv Jrovc tho ,.,nf.Jnr,toc ,,nn,.
snmcwila' To Mas>apnnaX creek The fight
l,c...con The i, icral left and Confederate
right con, nuod two hours.
Summers grand division formed the Fed
cral ri2!h. To it fell the task of stornny
Mary hili tile most formidable of tn" Con-
y.,,l..
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MARYE,S HllHl

Summers right grand division was to do the
fighting OIL Franklin's right Summers task
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uilirl.
Tallalcrro WAS Il
,9i'Y"tf Nir9inir.
He lad becn on If
l.r"'s staMohc I
fighters, aidl was
severely wounded
ri f;r"y"'pn during
tas' i'"n"cafupai.,n.
I!H "r.aade bc-
l7'e"t'pStnn wall
/. .iic3 Na4's ianln,i4
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Dental Office.

In the .awrpMre-Co!liSt"i Block. over
Clock x i.i;ngtlon 5 store.
Entrance up the stairs by Dr. >ticl:ney's Office
DIR. T.. NJ. HOLT.
Resident Dentist. III, hlNSoN. DAN
All operations guaranteed.
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Gen. q. q. liowa
division in Sum
Ile.a right grand
division, and led
one Of the awful
charges Il gain st
Mar.vc's hill.
oliver Otis
Howard was born
in Maine IN 1880,
and was graduated
a West polmt in
lN5i. He was in
structol i'll lnathc-
MATES Mt the Mill
,.ty pn,.1.,, &
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OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIAL. OFFICERS,

Goy.rnor-Louis IL. Church. Bismarck.
Sccrctarv-M. l.. Mccormack. Eismarck.
Treas,,rer-J W. Raymond. bismarck.
Auditor--J. =. Ward. sioux Fails
SUPERINTENDENT of Public observation-disclosures
A. Dye Meilc,t".
Assistant Su!mrlntcnu' nj J ram" ~ "iS"ii'
Attorney ,, General-c. +, rernp!,tom Fargo.
United States District AuornDy-'''hn T. Car
Commssiuner of immisration-P. +. Mcclure,
Pierre. ,,.
United States Marha!-D. w. Mar''i'a. Fargo
Delegate 10 congrcs.-o. : Clifford Canton
Surveyor Genera -Alaras Iayi%r, ."E"n 1.an.,o
Adjutant G,.nerai-Co. y. \. 1yneT; fafs".
Board of NcAlli-C. +. klhg. VI. p.' S'i'er'n-
tendcnt, Mandan.
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ginia The two GEN. FLEA S"HToN.
hostile forces we're somt1 ines onl.. u e.s miles
apart in This race southwark, but with the
ridge between them But Lee moved more
rapidly His advance, under Loli-strect,
hurried forward. crp-sad the mountains and
took position at Cu!pcpper Nov );
Ti> ras Il marching. however. separated
Lees army more than was safe. Jackson and
the caEal"E- were three days behind him.
Perceivin- this, Mcclellan at length deter
mined, of Lis own free will, to give battle He
believed ;.i.t lie could now strike Il fatal
+ bow. His army vas at Warrenton Lees
advance a CuIl~incr, some ten miles south.
IL said ;.ilerwalti II the situation: II did cx-
poet could either Separat" them and beat
them lii detail, or "!se fore" them to concen-
trate fai back Is [;oi,l'i4- vile. ami titus
place the Army of tn" Potomac in position
either to ADOPT TIE Fi.c,ie.iri;,bur. line OF
advance upon Richmond or to be removed to
the peninsula
Tie good weather of the autumn had by
tn tim" pass.d away Mcclellan nor,,
ii .u.. v.. of determination. Ii!c NJ; ;ilt Of
= 49, tie.e was Il heavy l;!!! o:er the camp
If the Army Of the Potomac Gen. McCiel-
Ian sat in his tent concluding plans and Civ
IN. directions for the great hostile movement
to H. !!l;i e HE next two days a messenger
ireug..t lin. dispatch from Washington.
II VA an order relieving him from COM
n.::ad Of the Army Of the Potomac, and n!,.
roin,iM. ten Ambrose E. Burnside il, his
place. With that the name of ti-;i. II Cie!-
Ian disappears from American military his
| tory. He resigned his commission III t.la
army: however, ,.ou until the day Of the
presi ni;al c!"ti"'. il 1854, when he was the
| can Iatc against Lincoln.
4 Thus a;t.nvcntlv again i'll the moment o.!
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presi ni;al c!""tia.. il ! sj4, when he was the
can,liiatc against Lincoln.
Thus apparently again in the moment o!
surcess, McCle!ians adverse fate interpo3cd
and sliatched it from him.
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ing ba"ii"l's ul!d
sloanlinc guns
south to VI ai',en-
ton. Gen. Alfre d
Plcasonton lod tie
atlvui.nc with the
caIa..
On " wcas Ge
of the B,uc Rid e
he who looked could
have seen at thu
same moment all
other great hos I
moving southwark.
1t WAS Lees Array
of Northern Vil'.
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right bank. Henry Gen hrNT
Jackson Hunt was born i'm 1871 in Ohio, iil"
his commander Il western man. also II West
Point graduate. He flashed the course of in
struc,ion there when only Is yearsol'l. Du'-
ing the Mc7icnn war Ii" became :i.a ipi Of ar
tillcry, and was ;.fterwait, 'i"eiail" ileMti
fled with that amn Of til" sotvir" He was
McClelian's chief of staff duln- the peliil.eu-
lar campaign. During the whole war he
served in the ARMY of the Potomac. and was
one of its most faithful and u, !t!l oiii"t!s
Burllshlc's chief cavalry ro!AN'a:li"r con-
tinued to lac Gen. Alfred pl'-i>"n'"'l. Pleas
onton WIS born at Wa,Lineion CITY, in l>::5t,
and wa, the same aye as Gull4s'ie. II" cii-
tered the cavalry service w.i' ~ !e l"it w est
Point, in 1874. and was sent to M',i1,p. l,c
remained in the west aud s. lit!.ae-t On d,;t.'
most of the time till the outbreai: # tn 81 i
war. AT fredericksburg he held the rank ol
briyadier general of volunteers. Ie saw
severe fighting there aud sub -squrnriv at
Charlottesville and Gcttys!,urec. After
wards he was ordered west, and hi, lrop; RS
helped clear Missouri of Sterling Price; men
in 1864.
In 1865 Cen Pleasomton resigned from the
army and engaged III MINING, and other ltl>i-
ness. His isndYocacy of the blu" Glass ll:,ly is
well known.
John &. Parke, said TO be one Of The
handsomest Of the accomplished oilicers
grouped about the headquarters OF
the Army OF the Potomac II; .., va,
a Pennsylvaiian. loru in 10. alul a
West Pointer If 70. L. rl.c- 4 {, .ctYi-
ncer corps. IL" had Le,'na Lfi ajior 't"itl
on the North Cairiila con 'iniel, iiUm.-I!e,
and, with his Oh r'lui 1:.tjei, i54.id the
Army Of the F"ieiHa, u i,tt'rF'nr'is was
ordered south and Wet II" tJr ;;,.-;i.r "rl
in the siege If Vi. .Dl@, all, q tluo:viii
He foll "e'i the ,orIt.rss.'f it.: T.. NJ
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commanded the Second

some time after his graua'ion He was
arn'"ly eng. -sri in fighting from the be-
ginning Of the 'iviI wax. He go manl"l n
brigade at i'ul! Run, nnCl was made lriga-
'ii"i' g"n"rn IN September, l-l;l Tie empty
sl""veH familiar in his portraits ha, been car
il.d sihcr lS';. Ut the hattl" of Fair Oaks,
"iern lie i"oi ihe right arm that filled it. At
-lnoictan Ii" w;ia in command of Summers
corps. In ls';3 he had command Of tie
Eleventh corps
t'''n. Howard distinguished himself at
''"iiy>turl. .At,erwa!tl he was ordered
Was', participated in the fight Of Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Rdg" and helped
r"iieve Knoxville. During Siierma,'s march
I" the sea md up to the time of Johnstol!'s
surrender Howard commanded the ri .llt wing
OF the army. After the war he was nitcd
states commissioner Of the frccdmrn's bureau.
He was president Of Howard University for
Freedmen for I, tin.e, and also served as spe-
rial commissioner to the Inriians. He has
been eslmci;li!H employed in government ad,l-
e;.ti"tai "iu benevolent enterprises In 1856
Ii" was promoted to bconc Of the three ma jor
generals permitted by law in the United
States army. He is ri present in command
Of the department of the Pacific
sotoncnan 5 corps of Hookci's grand divi-
ion was pushed up md the divisions of
Franklin on the Federal left at Frctlericks-
burg III time to ;:iCl in tie rep,se os the Con-
I'''rra;cs there; His advantage was not
pushed by Franklin. He considered that his
orders from, burnside did not justify him in
doing So. Burnside, i'll the course of the
dav, sent an order for him to attack on the
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chief. Justicc-Ear,lc,t Trpp; lanli'on: ''s-o
siate iustces--C. $. Palmer Fourth district, ,.,
sioux Fails; w. IL. Francis Sixth dis'rlc,. his
marck: W. Il. Mcdonnell tlhiru "'stfit' >. f'rsn
Spencer ,Fifth dStricr, Huron ti"rk-I' H.
Young. Innkton.
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Abe. Boyn,on. l.enox: Al"X. ur&s-. Grand
Forks: \ r. Smith. llur0n: --------ncrtiarv.
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UNITED STATES LAND OFFICES.

pAkoTA oAHn oF A,i:lttL1i RE-
President. G.. y. Bliss. Ab.:r'i" II: ,"tF-tar', ,
F. II. Bushnell Huron: tr1siIleT, john t. Zen
nett. Clark.
DAKOTA moHrlcrI.rrHM. AND FORESTRY SOCIETY,"
President L. D"i;sIl. S'""% fAlis. We, pf"I
dent q; H. Whitney. Esmuud: secretary. Mrs. l..
4. Alderman. llurlyy. tr"nfurer. n, w. Hayes.
Purkcr.
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In 1865 Gen. Pleasomtom resigned from the
army and engaged i'll mining ;,n'l other lllsi-
ness. HisadYocacy of the blue Glass theory is
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o. DAVIS
Formerly of tho Gcf.crH. Land office
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-12
PlTH AND POINT.

-"God loves the cheerful giver,"
but the trouble is so many of us are
cheerful over so pesky Gttle.-PhiIadet-
phi0 Call.
intellectual Boston chews more
spruce gum than any other city in the
country, but intellectual Chicago comes
next on the list.-Chicago Times.
When a man becomes firmly con-
WINGED that he is u genius, it is then
that the fringe slowly begins to form
on the bottom of his trousers lcg.-L1te.
-"You don't like these modern COM
posers, then, Mr.. Jones?' ooh, yes,
some of EN-; but | draw the line at
this Teller ag-Wa@-Wag-er-ner You
see, | can't whistle tune he ever
wrote, or do anything Of his on the
banjo THAT is rather drawback
to his music l admit. '-Harper'
Baz0r.
They were seated at late Sunday
dinner when the door-bcll rang. "Good-
ness gracousm she exclaimed, otis
our minister. and I've been eating
onions" Never mind, my dear" re-
piled her husband, ''you need not kiss
him to-day '-Broohlyn Bridge Ban
aaer.
A young man asked the lady of his
affections the other evening how she
liked the look of his new style of stand
ing collar After critically surveying
him and the collar, she replied: Very
nice, indeed. 1t looks like a white
washed fence around a lunatic asy-
lum. ~ Y Ledger.
OF the 10000 or 10000 Boston
women entitled to vote only 1893 have
taken the trouble to register. There
are great many women in this coun-
try who want the ballot, but they want
it brought to their house, cut en- traine,
with a U-shaped neck. and garnished
with jet trimming. Herald.
Two pickpockets saw a gentleman
receive large sum at the bank. and
followed him for some time to get a
chance at it. Finally the watched man
turned into a lawyers office, and one
of the watchers said: That settles it.
He's gone. Come along" "No. no."
said the other; "wait till the lawyer
comes out Well tackle him."
Bobby was awake when his mother
came home from the party at midnight.
Did you say your prayers to nurse,
Bobby" she asked, "before you went
to bed?" No, Mamma, l fordot it.
''Well, you better come and say them
to me, now "What,' said Bobby, in
drowsy establishment, "does bod stay
up all night? '-Prairie Farmer.
--Tramp-Can't you spare a little
present for an old soldier who lost his
leg in the charge at Cold Harbor, Vir.
ginia9 Citizen-But, look here, man,
last month You told me You lost that
leg in the Battle of Corinth Mississippi.
Tramp-So l did, so I did, but the
Battle of Corinth was fought at Cold
Harbor, and amt the man to 60 back
on the history of my country.-Bur-
9ette.